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The drivers header really beat me up today. I must have had that on and off ten times. That little dimple turned into a big dimple. I also had to flatten the tube just a bit that runs along the torsion bar. The bars are over size so I wont fault Doug's headers. The header and the starter had...

Heres a pic of the new headers and the spot I have to dimple.

Finally a day above freezing! I decided to wait until the deep freeze was over to get back in the garage. Was able to cut out the shifter in the auto console I picked up on ebay. Insulated and sound proofed the floor. Because I had to remove the header to get the starter in there I decided...

Forgot to add , if you have headers you must put the starter in position ready to bolt to the bellhousing before you install the bellhousing. There is just no way to get the starter in there with everything bolted up. Now I have to remove the header to get it in there. It is a small hi torque...

Wound up cutting the tunnel a little to far in the back but still beats that monster hole that SST wants you to cut. And of course I had to put the shifter on just to look at it. I decided to mount the cutch reservoir on back of the brake booster. Tired of drilling holes in my car. 2 hours...

Was not able to put the time in the garage as I had anticipated. The holidays were hectic. Child home from college, brother up from Florida, in-laws, etc. I was able to make my first successful Beef Wellington after three years of failure. However, I was able to put a few hours in on Saturday...

You are welcome. If you have not read Kerndogs post on his swap I highly suggest you do. He and Coronetdarter have documented the process better than I can. I am just trying to give a total man hour count to do the swap for the first time.

And the bellhousing mounted to the trans afterwards.

Here a picture of the bellhousing with the section I had to take some off circled in red.

Its easier to mount the bellhousing to the trans on the bench to install the hydraulic bearing and the line and the plate. The bellhousing would not install flush to the mounting face of the trans. I used 80 grit Emory cloth to take some aluminum off the hole in the bellhousing to mount flush...

Another couple hours in garage today. Installed the clutch and the hydraulic bearing and the bellhousing. Had to take some metal off the bellhousing bore as it would not flush onto the trans. Had to use two 1/4 inch spacers to get the proper bearing cushion. Busted my pinky finger nail...

Two hours today to put the clutch in. Remove bellhousing after runout measurement. Clean/degrease flywheel, clean/degrease clutch, clean degrease pressure plate. Install pilot bushing. Install clutch and pressure plate. Start all six bolts. Begin torque. All but one bolt will not bring...

Today I was able to enlist my daughters friend to turn the crank so I can do the bellhousing runout measurement. I ended up with .004 with no offset dowels - got lucky! I ended up turning the crank as he called out the measurements. Something about non mechanics not being able to turn...

Should have mentioned that a I do not have a lot of free time. I have 14 hour work days, a wife, three kids, two dogs, a cat, and a hamster. So I try and squeeze in a few hours on the weekends so please bear with me on this project! Today I removed the trans and the flex plate. I had to remove...

Forgot to mention driveshaft was not included. Steel is $550 from SST and he said about a hundred more for aluminum.

Timing is everything!

Thats exactly why I am doing this now! After reading your post on the conversion and that member listed those three critical items for sale, I thought its destined to be - all on the same weekend. You have a nice setup out there Kern Dog. Thats what we all try and work for.

I have been trying to justify the installation of a lift - just cannot bring myself to do it. At work we have 12 hoists and 9 pits for 40' city buses. However, when I retire in four years and build the barndomidium all bets are off!

Oh and I picked up a used 68 Charger center console from fleabay. Its an auto so I will have to do some mods but way better than trying to make that e body console work. Guess I will be selling that e body console and shifter.

I picked up the bell housing, flywheel, and clutch kit from a member. The complete conversion kit from SST and I am at $5988 total.